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G. F. SHAW.

Corn Husker.

Patented July 12, 1859.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. SHAW, OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CORN-HUSKER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,765, dated. July 12, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn F. SHAW, of VVoburn, in the county ofMiddlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Corn-Huskers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- forming apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, andFig. 2, a top view.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in both figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of a cylinder and aconcave roller arranged in such a manner that the axis of the one shallbe slightly inclined to that of the other, so that, as the ear is drivenforward parallel with the cylinder, the husks shall be stripped backwardfrom the tip of the ear toward the butt, and carried in a differentdirection between said cylinder, and concave roller.

To enable others, skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, Iwill now describe its construction and operation.

A and B are upright studs, properly confined together atthe top andbottom, as shown in Fig. 1, and constituting the frame of the machine.

C is a concave roller, about 1% inches in length, 6 inches in diameterat its extremities, and 4 at the center; being hung on an axle, orshaft, 0, which rests in the boxes, a and 7), which are screwed to thestuds, A and B, shown in Fig. l.

D is a fly-wheel attached to the end of shaft, 0; and (Z is the handleby means of which it is rotated by the operator.

E is the cylinder, about 3 inches in diameter, and as long as theconcave roller, C. The angle which the axis of this cylinder makes withthe axis of the roller, C, is shown in Fig. 2. One end of the axle of Eturns in the bearing, 02, and the other in the projecting piece ofmetal, 6.

The cylinder and roller are both covered with india-rubber, or roughenedleather, and pressed together either by making 6 elastic, or by applyingany kind of a .spring, in common use for analogous purposes, to theaxle, 0, in the boxes, a and b.

F is a board the position of which in relation to the cylinder androller, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the distance between F and B beinglittle more than the diameter of the largest ear of corn to be husked.

f f are strong wires passing from the studs, A and B, into F, andholding the latter firmly in place.

In order to husk, the operator places an ear of corn between the guidepiece, F, and the cylinder, with the butt-end pointed to the fly-wheel,D, and rotates the same by means of the handle, (5, causing the rollerand cylinder to turn in the directions indicated by the little arrows,in Fig. 2; the action of which will be to drive the ear, as it rotates,in the direction indicated by the long arrow in Fig. 2; while the huskswill be drawn through between the cylinder and roller at a right anglewith the axis of the former; and the husked ear will shoot over thecorner 5*, of stud, A, on to the floor, or into whatever is placed toreceive it. And the operation will be performed as rapidly as a personcan feed the cars into the machine, one at a time.

It is not absolutely necessary to feed the cars into the machine, withthe butt to the fiy-wheel; but that is the proper and more effectualway, as thus the husks will be stripped from the tip toward the butt,and severed much more easily than they would he, were the ears fed inwith the butts in the opposite direction.

Owing to the increased diameter of the roller, C, as it recedes from themiddle, it is also obvious that the point of the ear (fed in asrecommended above) will be forced up to the rollers first, thuspresenting the husks in the most favorable manner to be severed from theear-i. e. from the point to the butt, as one naturally performs theoperation by hand.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

The combination and arrangement of the cylinder, E, and concave roller,C, substan tially as set forth and for the purposes described.

GEORGE F. SHAW.

Witnesses HENRY F. SHAW, CHARLOTTE A. SHAW.

